Despite shooting poorly from the field on Sunday night, Duke locked down on Creighton's offense to come away with a 66-50 victory and a trip to the Sweet 16 in the 2013 NCAA tournament.

The victory marked Duke's 2,000th win in program history.

Duke led Creighton at halftime, 29-23. The Blue Devils got off to an 11-4 start, but Creighton surged back to take the lead after two free throws by Austin Chatman with 3:19 remaining in the half. Duke then went on a 9-2 run to close the half, highlighted by Tyler Thornton's three-pointer at the buzzer.

The Blue Devils, normally an efficient scoring team, shot 37 percent from the floor in the first half. The difference in the game was that they held Creighton to 29 percent shooting.

Creighton star junior forward Doug McDermott scored 13 points in the first half, but went 4-of-11 from the field.

Duke freshman guard Rasheed Sulaimon had a team-high 11 points at the half on 3-of-7 shooting.

Creighton scored the first four points of the second half, but Duke began to pull away around the 10-minute mark. With Creighton continuing to struggle from the floor, the pressure was on McDermott to deliver. However, freshman forward Amile Jefferson came up big for the Blue Devils with Mason Plumlee and Ryan Kelly in foul trouble, locking down McDermott down the stretch.

After Seth Curry's three-pointer with 6:42 remaining in the game, Duke was leading, 49-38, and the Bluejays found themselves in a tough spot.

In the end, Duke shot 39 percent from the floor, but held Creighton to 30 percent shooting. The Blue Devils also managed to knock down seven three-pointers, while the Bluejays went 2-of-19 from downtown.

Sulaimon led Duke with 21 points on 5-of-9 shooting. Curry followed with 17 points.

McDermott finished with 21 points, albeit on 4-of-16 shooting.

While Duke struggled from the field on Sunday night, the defense the Blue Devils displayed has to be encouraging for head coach Mike Krzyzewski.

Duke ranked 108th in the nation in opponents' field-goal percentage as well as 67th in defensive efficiency coming into the contest (via TeamRankings.com). Creighton, on the other hand, ranked first in field-goal percentage and third in offensive efficiency.